Weather strip



Aug- 23, 1932 E. R. cLAssoN 1,873,546

WEATHER STRIP Filed Oct. 28. 1930 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 entre@ rare .rear 1 J, m d..

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This' iereetee. `relates te Werther @trinnlne fer Wirreleve earl .ethereleeeree,

@ne object of the invention is tojprovide e .de-vice elf' elle ehereeeer fleeerbefl leerire -euldee enel ,festerung meererr narrare@ 1.11.1-

` Vment .Witlita guide means.

Another object ef the rlventerl le te furnish an ignprovednffsetlguide which provides clearance fcrgtlie fasteningrneans 2S. a resnlt 05E the oifset, regardless vvhetliersn'cli ofset beinanelement secured to the .,ivindoyvcasng .or incne secured ,tothesasln Another obj ect is t0l construct a devicecf the ,type mentioned .having a l.Channel provided with an improved integral ,flange giiide ,disp osed along thesidesof .theclnannel ,in y inward extending relatiQn. s

Another Qbject is to furnish a vveatlier 4Stripping berline' iev and Simple' 'parte which is' rugged; reliable, Yand ,fiici'ent ign ,ilse

Other objects and advantages of .invention Willbecome apparent astliespecitication proceeds.

With the aforesaidobjectsin vievv, the;fi1 vention consists 4in the :novel combinations and arrangements of parts ,hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, Pointed. out in the eebiened elerle, eedillllevtrated Qntheannexed drawing, whereinlike parts are designated yby the same reference eharaetere threughellt the Several View@ In the drawing:

4Figure l is a viewiny vertical section of a device embodying the 'invention shovinga typical `application thereof. l Fig. 2 is a siinilar View showing a modifica- Y tion thereof with a spacing eleinenton the WindowT sash. l

Fig.v 3 is an end View of a niodiiatilen snow- Ling a diiferently arranged resilient element. Fig. 4 is an end View of a modication with ferent .Corretrletierlei The aefeerlrlrerlyn'g sainetg'nfsash'casing 1n a convenientnilanner.

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A xpQrton Qf the Vchannel having edgeyvisee l ,abutlnentmith ,the Slide .lSellQrl Illeyble :Qfeet .lieverd ,the 'seme le 'uniferrely '.eenteet the @ameland .elee ,te prQYde elefirerlee' -er .lie 'heads of fasteners securing tlie laterallyfectending flange nto the sash framef'Aieef a `part, .offtlie Vchannel structure, and `specically #to the laterally extending ilange if denotes a device embodying the invention.y

structure, the slide tenonmaybe made correspondingly greater, as by causing the metallic facing thereof to extend therebeyond, by

offsetting said metallic facing or in other suitable manner.Y The guide channel structure may also be made an integral inturned flange; it may also be internally fastened to the sash casing. jThese flanges mustvbe accurately constructed and alined 'to obtain proper weatherprooiing. Y Referring in detaily tothe drawing,

The same includes a member such as a sash 11 slidingly mounted'rfor movementin any suitable v casing 12. To render the sash weathertight, a guide means 13 is 'arranged on the casing, for engaging the sash while permitting the requisite sliding movement thereof. One type of sash withv which4 the guide means may coact, may havearecess 14 `providing a guide flange 15 in the nature of a tenen which is slidable within theV guide means. In sashes of this type, the edge .16 ofv said guide flange lies in the plane of the edge 17 ofthe sash. Within the principle of the invention, the guide means may be modified in size, proportion, and construction to Vsuit other kinds of sashes. l y

The said guide means may includea channel 18, orthe equivalent. The said channel has a web 1,9 and a pair of side flanges20, 21.

' Connected to the channel, preferably integrally therewith, is an vexternal laterally extending flange' 22. One way of constructing` this flange 22 is by suitable. bends or folds: for instance, folds'23, 24 provided by reverse 'parallelbends 25, 26 extending along the channel. Theflange 22 affordsa combinedv `re-enforcement and anchorage for the channel, and may secure the same to the sash casingby any suitable fasteners such as flat -headed. nails 27 ,or the like; In the mounted position flange 21 is positioned in therecess4v 14v and flange 20 in a rabbet 28, both of these flanges preferably 'coactingl with thev opposite sides of the sash guidev portion 15.

AWhere the sash is made of wood, the guide portionl may have a metal'facing 29 which `may be of channel form and secured to the guide portion inany suitable manner. Preferably the edge of the latter. or of metal facing'29, as the case may be, slidingly abuts the web 19 ofthe guide channel 18. In order to afford a sufficient and positive clearance for the double fold flange 24, or the fasteners 27 thereof, the channel guide may be offset at 30 toward the adjacent edge of the sash, and

, away from or into spaced relation with lthe i' sashV casing.

The guide construction 13 may be made of A any suitable material, whether .phosphor bronze, or a. rustlesssteel, or other alloy, and may be rigid or resilient in any desired degrec. Accuracyinalinement of partsmay sash casing.

In Fig. 3k is shown a further modification jin which the guide channel" 18a has a dif-'85 Yferent resilient member 31m-having a flangel struction.

be relied" on to assure weather tightness, but if desired,'a strip 31 vof a higher resilience and of angle shape may be secured, for examplewith a flange 32 thereof between the folds of flange 22, whichmay or may not i be clamped therein as required. The angle member maybe re-enforced and'supported by the rigid flange-21 toV snugly Contact a side -of the metal facing of the guide 15.A

Fig. 2 shows a modification of the-inven- Vv"tion which vis generallyv similar to the foregoingk except that the odset 30 is omitted, and in place thereof, a spacing means may be providedon the sash, such as osets 32 in the metallic channel facing 29a. Screws 33 countersunk into the flange 22a, lmay be used to secure'the 34 extending Yalong the length of the-web 'of the guide channel, and av second weather" guide-channel *18d to the proofing flange 35 remote Vfrom the fastening Y ing Va one-piece channel 362) wherein the yflange 37a also has an inwardly bent portion 42 extending intoV proximity to the web. thereof. The'flanges 37a, k38, 39 may Vbe portion 42 .adds re-enforcement to the flange `37dl and also furnishes additional resilience particularly adj acent tothe web, thus Lallowing, forl any irregularities in the'sash con.

In Figf is shown modification including a pair of angle members 43, 44 which vare built upto forma guide channel 45. F langes 46,47' of the angle members overlie` one another, while the other flanges 48 have inwardly bent parallel .guidel portions 49 'spaced slightly fromrtheir corresponding flanges. rlhe guide flangesl 49 may extend Yinto proximity to the flanges 46, 47, which.;

may be considered as the web of the channel, to afford Va maximum ,sliding contact. Alined holes50, 51 may be formed inthe flanges 46, 47, and .the ,former may, have a rim portion 52v about its hole struckinward? to engage inl the corresponding hole 51 for interconnecting'the angle members 44, 45if desired. 'y

In Fig. 7 is shown a modiicationwherein the channel 45a is ofone-piece ,constructionf fparallel, While the flange V41 `of the resilient `member may be inclin'ed'at a suitable small angle for'the'resilient sliding contact. The

. from the web, and the portions or flanges 49 and 55 have the maximum resilience adjacent to the web. Thus the channels are uniformly resilient throughout. The requisite resilience may be obtained by the use of a sufficiently elastic metal, or one of sulcient thinness, or both.

rIhe various forms of the invention may be made by stamping, drawing, or in any other suitable manner.

Resilience or elasticity may be supplied byl the employment of fabric or composition materials, for instance, in place of the resilient member 31.

The metal channel facing 29a may be usedv with any of the modifications shown in Figs.

' 3 to 7, but the facing 29 may be used in Figs.

4 to 7, especially where the fastener heads are fully countersunk.

It will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made in the device as shown in the drawing, and that the same is submitted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the following claims.

I claim:

l. A device including a channel means having a channel proper for slidingly guiding and weather proofing a sash, and a laterally extending flange lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the channel web and offset away from the channel flanges, said laterally extending flange providing a means for securing the channel means to a casing for the sash, said flange consisting of an integral flattened fold connecting with the web and a flange of the channel, and a resilient elementwithin the channel and secured in the fold of said flange.

2. A device including a channel means having a channel proper for slidingly guiding and weatherproofing a sash, and a laterally extending flange lying in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the channel web and offset away from the channel flanges, said laterally extending flange providing a means for securing the channel means to a casing for the sash, said laterally extending flange consisting of an integral flattened fold connecting with the web and a flange of the channel, said web having an odset adjacent to the laterally extending flange and upward of the same, and a resilient element within the channel and secured in the fold of said flange, in proximity to said web offset.

3. A device including a channel means of relatively rigid sheet metal and having a flanges, said laterally extending flange consisting of a fold integral with the channel means, and a resilient element within the channel secured in said fold and extending along the inside face of a flange of the channel means. y

4. A device including a channel means of relatively rigid sheet metal and having a channel proper for slidingly guiding and weatherproong a window or the like, said channel meansy having a recessed portion opening into the channel proper in proximity to the web of the channel means, and a resilient metal member having a plurality of arms interconnected by a fold, one of said arms being secured within said recessed ypor-V tion, the fold of said member being in proximity to the said web and in contact with a flange of the channel, and the other arm of said member extending in the general direction of said flanges along one of said flanges and having a portion thereof at the end vof said arm movably inwardly spaced from the Y flange along which said other arm extends.

5. A device including a channel means of relatively rigid sheet metal and having a channel proper for slidingly guiding and weatherprooiing a window-or the like, said channel means having a recessed portion opening into the channel proper in proximity to the web of the channel means, and a resilient member having a plurality of arms interconnected by a fold, one of said arms being secured within said recessed por- Y tion, the fold of said member being in abutment with saidv web and a flange of the chan-V nel adjacent to said recessed portion, and the other arm of said member extending in the general direction of said flanges along one of them and having a portion thereof movably inwardly spaced from the flange along which said other arm extends.

g In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERIC R. CLASSON. 

